With decisive smashes, cutting backhands and a confident gait, Rio 2016 silver medallist India's PV Sindhu on Sunday (July 25) made quick work of Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova, beating her at 21-7, 21-10. Both matches totalled just twenty-nine minutes, with Polikarpova visibly frustrated and hanging her head with each lost point. Though Sindhu, who was beaten to the gold at the Rio Olympics 2016 by Spain's Carolina Marin, is No. Momota was embroiled in an illegal gambling scandal months before the Rio Games in 2016, and banned by the Nippon Badminton Association. But Momota's Olympic dreams seemed crushed again in early 2020 when he was in a car accident that left the driver dead and damaged his sight among other injuries.

Source: dna July 25, 2021 04:52 UTC